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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This has been a busy week for the Law Library of Congress. We have unveiled Congress.gov (our new legislative website), celebrated Constitution Day, and to round the week out, we are preparing for the National Book Festival. This will be the Law Library’s second year at the National Book Festival. Our staff will be manning …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Global Law, In the News, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Penelope Fay Heavner, Special Assistant to the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services. Penelope, known here as Penny, is a lovely, cheerful lady with British accent and knowledge and experience in many areas including reference librarianship and outreach activities. Describe your background I have lived in Washington, D.C. for so many …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Over the past two years – it was the two year birthday of In Custodia Legis on August 2 – I have written a number of blog posts on matters relating to the laws of different countries of the Pacific region. I try to select topics that are interesting and a bit different, and also …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Francisco Macías
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has written many blog posts on a variety of subjects: Canon Law Update; Citizenship in the Vatican City State; Medieval Canon Law; and The Papal Inquisition in Modena, just to mention a few. While reviewing …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Francisco Macías
As it is summer, it is official summer intern season. Because there are so many post-secondary education institutions in Washington, D.C. and the greater Washington Metropolitan Area, the Law Library is fortunate to be able to draw from a vast pool of talented people—from all around the globe—looking to gain professional experience and exposure to the …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has posted on his Visit to the University of Costa Rica’s Law School Library and a previous visit and lecture by Professor Brewer-Carías. On June 20, 2012, Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian for Library Services, met with the …
Posted in: Event, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s Pic of the Week is from outside our neighbor to the north, the Supreme Court. I’m not sure if many of you heard, but they had some cases to announce this week. Debbie, who specializes in federal government documents including the Supreme Court, made a trip to visit the Supreme Court yesterday morning. When …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Cynthia Jordan, Senior Writer-Editor at the Law Library of Congress. As the program manager for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation Program on Demography, Technology, and Criminal Justice at the Library of Congress, I am pleased to welcome Orin S. Kerr as the Scholar-in-Residence for the program. As Scholar-in-Residence, …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
States and Cinco de Mayo were popular choices this month when linking to In Custodia Legis and also popular with our readers. Samford University Library’s Government Documents blog liked Nathan’s post about the states we almost had. The Lincoln Law School of San Jose Blog noted Meg’s States in the Senate post. The Law Librarian Blog thought Nathan’s …
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